Increased Railway Receipts
During the post four years the passenger traffic receipts of the railways have jumped from £1,200,000 to £1,720,000, or 42 per cent…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
1,057 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 7 of 53
Lighting a Bridge
The Local Government Association has a vast number of questions submitted to it by municipal councils during the year, the range of subjects being remarkable. It has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoners Escape From Train. Sydney
Two prisoners escaped through jumping through the carriage window of a train [?]near Breeza. One was subsequently recaptured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Knocked Down by a Motor Car. Sydney
Annie Steele 29. was knocked down by a motor car and dragged for twenty yards. She was severely injured. The driver of the car has been arrested…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railways—The Border Line
THE opening of the Kyogle extension adds another link to the chain which will ultimately bind the north-eastern portion of this State to our Queensland neighbors. While…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident
Mr. S. Jamieson met with an accident yesterday when taking a motor car for a tried run. He had made a run out past the railway station, and was returning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Motor Cab Co. London
The prospectus has been issued of the Australian Motor Cab Company. The Australasian Motor Car Company Capital has been over-subscribed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crushed Under a Tram. Sydney, Wednesday
Erric Watt, aged 9, hung on to a tram car during shunting operations at Mortlake. He missed his footing and fell under the wheels, and his chest was horribly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boring Tests for Railway Bridge Grafton
The work of boring to test the foundations on the proposed alternative sites for the railway bridge over the Clarence River is being expedited. Two gangs are now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposal to Train All Girls as Cooks
IT is proposed in Germany to introduce a form of conscription to compelall girls to undergo a period of training as domestic servants…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Novel Aeroplane
The peculiar aeroplane shown in our illustration is that invented by M. Gwandan. The machine is of a very novel construction; it is of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Automobile and the Road
It is a curious fact that the more perfact our means of locomotion the more perfect must be the surface upon which our vehicles run. The invention of the wheel…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Car Accident
A party who started for Casino on Thursday evening in Mr. S. Jamieson's motor car had an unpleasantly sensational experience. They left Lismore shortly before…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrifi[?] Wind. Train Blown Over Embankment. London, Saturday Afternoon
A wind reaching seventy miles an hour in some places had done much damage at Preston and Birmingham. Torrential rains fell [?]t Carlisle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Ganger Killed. Sydney
Mr. James Chapman, railway ganger, waa riding on the line near Caboolture, Queensland, when he was run down by a goods train and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Accident
A PARTY who started for Casino on Thursday evening ion Mr. S. Jamieson's motor car had an unpleasantly sensational experience. They left Lisemore shortly before seven…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway Extension
JOHN FERGUSSON writes as under in the "Inverall Times":—Will you kindly allow me space in your valued columns in reference to a direct line of railway to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cars Burned. Sydney, Monday, ll.50. p.m
Five motor cars were destroyed by a fire at El[?]ott's garage to-night. The damage is estimated at nearly £2000. 000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Sydney
It is understood that the first section of the North Coast railway will he completed as far as Dungog by the end of July…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Aeroplane. London, Monday Afternoon
Sir. Hiram Maxim has built a biplane 44. feet long equipped with eighty horse-power engine weighing 220 pounds, with gyroscope regulator. The biplane will carry a…
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